Depends on your temperatures where you live

I live in Texas.It is summer and it is usually 90-100 degrees f

It shouldn't take long at all. I have a couple out back in my garden in Houston.

I did have to put in stakes and tie them down. The possums kept digging them up and relocating them to other parts of the yard.

In my experience plants usually put out roots before new leaves.

should I put it outside?

They take 2 - 3 years to fruit the first time from tops. In zone 7 you'll be challenged over the winter to give it enough sun without allowing frost. I grow mine in a 2 gallon for the first year, 7 gallon for the second, then move to a 20 - 30 gallon for semi-permenant production. timestocome is right about varmits. I have wrapped a ripening one in chicken wire (which wasn't easy). I lost a big one to a varmit last year. Below is one of my pots from last month.
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